γελάω
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵelh₂-. Cognates include Old Armenian ծաղր (całr, “laughter”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡe.lá.ɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɡeˈla.o/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ʝeˈla.o/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ʝeˈla.o/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ʝeˈla.o/
Verb
γελάω • (geláō)
Inflection
Present: γελᾰ́ω, γελᾰ́ομαι (Uncontracted)
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | γελῶ | γελᾷς | γελᾷ | γελᾶτον | γελᾶτον | γελῶμεν | γελᾶτε | γελῶσῐ(ν) | ||||
subjunctive | γελῶ | γελᾷς | γελᾷ | γελᾶτον | γελᾶτον | γελῶμεν | γελᾶτε | γελῶσῐ(ν) | |||||
optative | γελῴην, γελῷμῐ |
γελῴης, γελῷς |
γελῴη, γελῷ |
γελῷτον, γελῴητον |
γελῴτην, γελῳήτην |
γελῷμεν, γελῴημεν |
γελῷτε, γελῴητε |
γελῷεν, γελῴησᾰν | |||||
imperative | γέλᾱ | γελᾱ́τω | γελᾶτον | γελᾱ́των | γελᾶτε | γελώντων | |||||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | γελῶμαι | γελᾷ | γελᾶται | γελᾶσθον | γελᾶσθον | γελώμεθᾰ | γελᾶσθε | γελῶνται | ||||
subjunctive | γελῶμαι | γελᾷ | γελᾶται | γελᾶσθον | γελᾶσθον | γελώμεθᾰ | γελᾶσθε | γελῶνται | |||||
optative | γελῴμην | γελῷο | γελῷτο | γελῷσθον | γελῴσθην | γελῴμεθᾰ | γελῷσθε | γελῷντο | |||||
imperative | γελῶ | γελᾱ́σθω | γελᾶσθον | γελᾱ́σθων | γελᾶσθε | γελᾱ́σθων | |||||||
active | middle/passive | ||||||||||||
infinitive | γελᾶν | γελᾶσθαι | |||||||||||
participle | m | γελῶν | γελώμενος | ||||||||||
f | γελῶσᾰ | γελωμένη | |||||||||||
n | γελῶν | γελώμενον | |||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐγέλᾰον | ἐγέλᾰες | ἐγέλᾰε(ν) | ἐγελᾰ́ετον | ἐγελᾰέτην | ἐγελᾰ́ομεν | ἐγελᾰ́ετε | ἐγέλᾰον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐγελᾰόμην | ἐγελᾰ́ου | ἐγελᾰ́ετο | ἐγελᾰ́εσθον | ἐγελᾰέσθην | ἐγελᾰόμεθᾰ | ἐγελᾰ́εσθε | ἐγελᾰ́οντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐγέλων | ἐγέλᾱς | ἐγέλᾱ | ἐγελᾶτον | ἐγελᾱ́την | ἐγελῶμεν | ἐγελᾶτε | ἐγέλων | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐγελώμην | ἐγελῶ | ἐγελᾶτο | ἐγελᾶσθον | ἐγελᾱ́σθην | ἐγελώμεθᾰ | ἐγελᾶσθε | ἐγελῶντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Perfect: γεγέλᾰσμαι
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | γεγέλᾰσμαι | γεγέλᾰσαι | γεγέλᾰσται | γεγέλᾰσθον | γεγέλᾰσθον | γεγελᾰ́σμεθᾰ | γεγέλᾰσθε | γεγελᾰ́σᾰται | ||||
subjunctive | γεγελᾰσμένος ὦ | γεγελᾰσμένος ᾖς | γεγελᾰσμένος ᾖ | γεγελᾰσμένω ἦτον | γεγελᾰσμένω ἦτον | γεγελᾰσμένοι ὦμεν | γεγελᾰσμένοι ἦτε | γεγελᾰσμένοι ὦσῐ(ν) | |||||
optative | γεγελᾰσμένος εἴην | γεγελᾰσμένος εἴης | γεγελᾰσμένος εἴη | γεγελᾰσμένω εἴητον/εἶτον | γεγελᾰσμένω εἰήτην/εἴτην | γεγελᾰσμένοι εἴημεν/εἶμεν | γεγελᾰσμένοι εἴητε/εἶτε | γεγελᾰσμένοι εἴησᾰν/εἶεν | |||||
imperative | γεγέλᾰσο | γεγελᾰ́σθω | γεγέλᾰσθον | γεγελᾰ́σθων | γεγέλᾰσθε | γεγελᾰ́σθων | |||||||
middle/passive | |||||||||||||
infinitive | γεγελᾰ́σθαι | ||||||||||||
participle | m | γεγελᾰσμένος | |||||||||||
f | γεγελᾰσμένη | ||||||||||||
n | γεγελᾰσμένον | ||||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Derived terms
- γέλασμα (gélasma)
Related terms
Further reading
- “γελάω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “γελάω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “γελάω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- γελάω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- γελάω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- γελάω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “γελάω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G1070 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Greek
Verb
γελάω • (geláo) (past γέλασα, passive γελιέμαι)
- Alternative form of γελώ (geló)